Bob Diamond, chief executive of Barclays, was Britain highest paid bank boss
last year with a pay package for 2011 worth nearly £18m.

Mr Diamond received salary, bonuses, and other benefits worth just under £12m, as well as a further "tax equalisation" contribution from the bank of £5.75m, taking his total package to £17.7m, according to figures released by Barclays yesterday.

In total, Mr Diamond and the bank's nine other most highly paid senior managers were handed pay and bonuses for last year worth a combined £47.5m. Jerry del Missier and Rich Ricci, co-heads of Barclays Capital, the bank's investment banking arm, are understood to be the highest paid non-board senior executives of the bank, earning £6.7m and £6.5m, respectively in 2011.

Barclays disclosures came as state-backed lenders, Lloyds banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, also revealed details of their top managers pay.

Antonio Horta-Osorio, chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, received a salary and long-term incentive package of £4.33m. Mr Horta-Osorio waived his right to an annual bonus last year.

Lloyds paid its 10 highest paid staff a total of £21.7m for 2011. Among those receiving the biggest pay-outs are likely to have been Mark Fisher, group operations director, and Antonio Lorenzo, head of the bank's wealth and international division.

At Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen Hester, the bank's chief executive, received a salary, long-term incentives, and pension contributions of £5.22m. Mr Hester last month turned down an all-share annual bonus worth £963,000 after the payment became the subject of a public and political outcry.

The combined payments to Mr Hester and RBS nine other highest paid executives come to £25.2m. Ellen Alemany, chief executive of the group's Citizens Bank recieved £4.67m, while John Hourican, chief executive of the lender's investment banking arm, was paid £3.28m in salary and bonuses. Mr Hourican also received a further £4.2m after the vesting of a special award dating from 2009.

The banks also disclosed the details of pay for their so-called "code staff". At Barclays its 238 code staff received combined pay of £357m, while at RBS its 386 code star received total payouts worth £317m.